Articles tagged with: Barack Obama

In a wide-ranging profile in The New Yorker published this week, President Barack Obama shared some thoughts on marijuana legalization. While arguing both for and against the issue to some degree, media has latched onto …

It seems that everyone loves “selfies” these days. From your little sister, who posts a new selfie on her Facebook wall every single day, to your favorite celebrity, who has taken over your Instagram feed …

Beyonce runs the world (wide web).
The 32-year-old international pop superstar topped Bing’s list of the most-searched celebrities in the U.S. during 2013. The honor is most likely a combination of her highly-publicized Pepsi halftime show …

President Barack Obama has apologized to Americans who have lost their current health care insurance plans, despite his repeated statements that this would not happen. Though lost plans will generally replaced by better ones, and …

President Obama was caught in a tough position this week when media picked up on reports of consumers receiving cancellation notices of their health insurance, after he had repeatedly promised, “If you like your insurance, …

Stacey Dash continues to talk politics because—let’s face it—if she stopped people would likely stop talking about her.
The 46-year-old actress, who made headlines when she publicly endorsed Mitt Romney last year, is once again making …

The leader of the free world has nothing on the leader of the Kardashians! Kris Jenner just had some strong words for President Obama over comments he made blaming Kim Kardashian and Kanye West with America’s obsession …

This week saw two high-profile voter fraud cases from the 2012 presidential election come to very different ends. A former poll worker in Cincinnati was convicted of falsely voting multiple times in several elections, including …

Hot 97 releases full video footage of Jay-Z’s sit down with Angie Martinez yesterday. Where he spoke on fatherhood, Miley Cyrus, texting Barack Obama, and a possible Watch the Throne sequel. He also revealed that …

Speaking at the commencements of the Naval and Military academies respectively this week, President Obama and Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel both told graduating officers that sexual assaults in the armed forces is an epidemic …

The trajectory from hope to more pragmatic rhetoric in the Obama presidency has been well documented. Someday, someone may track this change through the President’s humor. Appearing at last week’s White House Correspondent’s Dinner, the …

Jay-Z fired back at critics of his recent vacation to Cuba with his scathing new song “Open Letter,” where he claims President Barack Obama himself approved the trip. The White House unequivocally denied the lyric.
In the song, …

President Barack Obama appeared forceful and emotional yesterday as he spoke about gun control amid falling support for the measures. The president directly connected the push for new laws with the shooting last December in …

EDIT 3/2/13, 7:52pm: I guess those who live in glass houses…
Speaking about the failure to reach a deal with Congressional Republican leaders to avert the sequester, President Barack Obama insisted he would not force his …

Several outlets are reporting that one-time conservative darling Chris Christie has not been invited to speak at this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). The news reinforces that the New Jersey governor is growing estranged …

This past weekend, Saturday Night Live imagined the meeting of two men who had very important days on January 21: President Barack Obama (Jay Pharoah), and Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr (Keenan Thompson). However, …

With President Barack Obama‘s announcement this week regarding gun control initiatives, the right unleashed a predictable tirade against this “assault on the Second Amendment.” But even more manufactured are the renewed claims of Obama’s “dictatorship” …

(6:24pm Update: I fell for the NRA’s misinformation. The school that the Obama daughters attend, Sidwell Friends, does not have a single armed guard. The Washington Post‘s Fact Checker gave the NRA’s ad their worst …

A trailer has been released for Dunkirk!!
The film details a miraculous evacuation of Allied soldiers from Belgium, Britain and France, who were cut off and surrounded by the German army from the beaches and harbor …

One-man entertainment machine Dwayne Johnson helped Saturday Night Live close out their most popular season in decades. Of course, the show had to pay tribute to President Donald Trump and Alec Baldwin, the two men …

Over the last few weeks, there were rumblings about the possibility of Chris Paul potentially leaving the Los Angeles Clippers to join the Houston Rockets in free agency. But there were also rumblings about CP3 …